"Snowman (horse) Snowman (February 29, 1948 – September 24, 1974) was a former plow horse of mixed breed ancestry, possibly a cross of Quarter Horse, Morgan, and various draft horse types. He was purchased for $80.00 on his way to a slaughterhouse and became a champion in show jumping in the United States during the 1950s. During his career he was known as ""The Cinderella Horse"" due to his ""rags to riches"" story. Snowman was originally used for farm work and in 1956 was headed for the slaughterhouse at eight years of age. On that day, Harry de Leyer, a"
"Bowman card), it is still considered the ultimate card to own of the post-war era. Topps and Bowman then competed for customers and for the rights to any baseball players' likeness. Two years later, Leaf stopped producing cards. In 1956, Topps bought out Bowman and enjoyed a largely unchallenged position in the U.S. market for the next two decades. From 1952–1969, Topps always offered five or six card nickel wax packs and in 1952–1964, also offered one card penny packs. In the 1970s Topps increased the cost of wax packs from 10–15 cents (with 8–14 cards depending on year) and"
"he or she becomes the declarer. The dealer then deals three packets of four cards to each player as talons, beginning with forehand again. These form the 'strawmen'. When the game begins and the strawmen have been placed, the top card of the first (left-hand) one is flipped. Tarocks and kings are set aside, face up, for the player in question, other suit cards remain face up as the top card of the strawman. The process of uncovering and setting aside is repeated for the other strawmen, from left to right. The last card of each strawman packet, regardless of"
"in a thin border above a panel with the player's name and a biography on back. The set totals 240 cards featuring Hall of Famers and Old Timers. Size: × in. There were also unreleased Play Ball colorized proofs. The set designated R336 contains 72 cards. Most of the pictures are basically the same as the 1940 issue except for being in color. Size: × in. A paper version of the Play Ball cards exist as well. This Bowman set totals 48 cards and were issued in one card packs. The pictures on the fronts are in black and white."
"and for Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration. ""Nordguard: The Card Game"", designed by Tempe O'Kun and developed by ThinkTank Games, was nominated for the Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Game of 2012. Nordguard Nordguard is an American graphic novel trilogy created by Tess Garman and Teagan Gavet and published by Sofawolf Press, starring anthropomorphic animal characters. The first Issue, ""Across Thin Ice"", was released in 2011. As of 2015, a second issue named ""Under Dark Skies"" is still in progress, according to the official website. The graphic novel has an official tabletop game, ""Nordguard: The Card Game"". The adventure story"
"table; there are no hand cards. Strohmandeln Strohmandeln, also called Strohmanntarock, Strawman Tarock or Straw Man Tarock, is a two-hand card game from the Austrian branch of the Tarock family. It takes its name from the three-packet talon of four cards, the ""Strohmänner"" (""strawmen""), each player has at the start of the game. The game is played with the same ""Industrie und Glück"" card deck of 54 cards used for other Tarock games in Austria and other areas of the former Habsburg Empire, which is described in detail under Königrufen. This pack contains 22 tarocks as trumps and 32 suit"
"Strohmandeln Strohmandeln, also called Strohmanntarock, Strawman Tarock or Straw Man Tarock, is a two-hand card game from the Austrian branch of the Tarock family. It takes its name from the three-packet talon of four cards, the ""Strohmänner"" (""strawmen""), each player has at the start of the game. The game is played with the same ""Industrie und Glück"" card deck of 54 cards used for other Tarock games in Austria and other areas of the former Habsburg Empire, which is described in detail under Königrufen. This pack contains 22 tarocks as trumps and 32 suit cards in the four French suit"
"of Clubs, Spades, Hearts and Diamonds and then the Ace, Ten, King, 9, 8, 7 of diamonds . The remaining 12 cards are suits of Clubs, Spades and Hearts comprising in order of strength the Ace, Ten, King and 9. All suits are of equal strength. Zole is usually played by 3 to 5 players, called ""zolemann"", although only 3 zolemannes simultaneously take part in the play, one play against another two. The game is trick-based and commonly played for money. There is no time limit for the party, but duration of the turn limited to 1 minute. If there"
"nice addition as it rewards the player who most rightfully did not bid. It is possible to play a modified version of the game with only two players. The cards that would be dealt to a third player are simply laid down as a “dummy” hand instead and not used. A popular two-player variant is called ""Strohmann"" (strawman), in which the ""dummy hand"" is played by the player who loses bidding. After the game has been declared, the third hand is flipped and can be seen by the other players. Thus, it is possible to predict what hand the opponent"
"Joker (playing card) The Joker is a playing card found in most modern card decks, as an addition to the standard four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades). The Joker originated in the United States during the Civil War and was created as a trump card for the game of Euchre. It has since been adopted into many other card games, where it may function as a wild card. The card is unique within the French pack in that it lacks an industry-wide standard appearance. In the game of Euchre, the highest trump card is the Jack of the trump"
"After a period in which the two fought to sign players to exclusive contracts for their cards, Topps bought out Bowman in 1956 for $200,000. In 1989, the Bowman brand was resurrected by Topps to use on some of its subsidiary sports card sets. In recent years, the Bowman company has become known for being a top brand in making rookie cards. Another popular trading card set produced by Bowman is the Chrome set. After the success of the Chrome set by Topps, Topps created a Bowman Chrome set in 1997. This was initially fueled by Rookie Cards of José"
"his partner, who must then exercise it. If elder leads without making any announcement, whatever is led becomes trump. There are a number of conventional expansions of the type of play that can be chosen beyond the four trump suits, and modifications to the value of the tricks. Most commonly: The trump Jack, also called ""Puur"", counts 20 and is the highest card in the game. The trump Nine, or Nell, ""Näll"", is the second best card. Plain suit numerals below 10 count nothing. The total value of all counters in the pack is 152, that is, 62 in trumps"
"to know if opener has four-card cover in it, so as to play in notrumps. If opener shows hearts initially, 2 can be used to find a fit in spades when the 2 does not promise a four-card major. 1NT - 2, 2 - Alternatively 2 can be used for all hands with four spades and not four hearts, either invitational or game values, while 3NT denies four spades. Today, most players use Stayman in conjunction with Jacoby transfers. With Stayman in effect, the responder practically denies having a five-card major, as otherwise he would transfer to the major immediately."
"which at the time still had 36 cards, along with 4 suitless cards. The suitless cards were ""Death"", ""Force"", ""Army General"", and ""Prisoner of War"". The remaining cards were Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 6–10 in each of the four French suits. The aces were styled as a cannoneer, a soldier with a drawn rapier, a battalion, and a squadron of horsemen. After removing the four suitless cards, the pack could be used for playing Piquet, Triomphe or Brelan. The game is played for money, each player depositing the same amount before the cards are dealt. The number of cards"
"the Maid, a card that is to be avoided. Joker (playing card) The Joker is a playing card found in most modern card decks, as an addition to the standard four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades). The Joker originated in the United States during the Civil War and was created as a trump card for the game of Euchre. It has since been adopted into many other card games, where it may function as a wild card. The card is unique within the French pack in that it lacks an industry-wide standard appearance. In the game of Euchre, the"
"cards, ranking as follows: Sow (Deuce or Ace) > King > Ober > Unter > Ten > Nine > Eight > Seven, plus the 6, the ""Weli"", which is always the second-highest trump card after the Trump Sow. Schnalzen is usually played by 4 players who each start with a score of 20 (penalty) points (""[Straf-]Punkte""). The dealer deals a packet of 3 cards to each player in turn, turns the next face up for trumps and then deals another packet of 2 cards to each player. If the trump is a Ten, everyone has to play (""mitgehen""). Beginning with"
"always the highest trump, and the queen of spades or ""baste"" is always the third highest trump. Both do not count as members of their natural suits. The trump seven or ""manille"" is elevated to the rank of second highest trump. Below that the cards rank normally, except for omitting the queen if it is black. Thus depending on whether the trump suit is black or red, it contains 10 or 9 cards. Black plain suits contain 7 cards, and red plain suits contain 8 cards. Trick-play is as in Whist. Eldest hand leads to the first trick. Players must"
"Smolen may also be used when responder has a six-card major and a four-card major with game-going values; after the 2 negative response by opener, responder double jump shifts to four in the suit just below his six-card major and the notrump opener transfers to four of his partner's six-card major. This convention allows a partnership to find either a 5-3 fit, 6-3 and 6-2 fit while ensuring that the notrump opener, who has the stronger hand, will be declarer. ""Garbage"" Stayman (or ""Weak Stayman"") and ""Crawling"" Stayman are adaptations of Stayman frequently used for damage control when holding a"
"cards which may be played as any number. Alternatively, the 162 cards could be three regular decks of playing cards, including the jokers, with ace to queen corresponding to 1 to 12 and the kings and jokers corresponding to the SKIP-BO cards. Before 1980, the commercial game consisted of four decks of regular playing cards with eight SKIP-BO cards replacing the standard two jokers in each deck. In addition, the aces, twos and threes in the fourth deck were marked SKIP-BO. The remainder of the fourth deck was discarded. Two to four people can play at a time as individuals,"
"a chance to be a dealer. After those 4 hands, number of cards dealt starts to rise again by one card each hand until it hits 13 again, after which the game ends. Each hand different suit acts as a trump. On the first hand, Spades are the trump suit, then Diamonds, then Hearts and lastly - Clubs. Consequent hand is called 'Sans', and on that hand there are no trumps. Trump suit sequence continues until the end of the game. The cards rank as follows: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. They"
"has and play much more strategically. It is sometimes used to teach new players the principles of Skat. Another variant is Oma Skat where the dummy hand is known as ""Oma"" or ""Grandma"". ""Officers' Skat"" () is a variant for two players. Each player receives 16 cards on the table in front of him in two rows, 8 face down and 8 face up on top of them. Bidding is replaced by the non-dealer declaring a game type and trump. When a face-up card is played, the hidden card is turned over. Each deal results in a total of 16"
"with the related Franconian pattern pack. It is played with 32 cards with 8 cards being dealt to each player. German packs have four suits: Eichel (Acorns = Clubs), Gras (Leaves = Spades), Herz (Hearts) and Schellen (Bells = Diamonds). The cards’ trick-taking power broadly corresponds to their card point value. Thus the Sow (""Sau""), marked with an ""A"", is the highest-ranking card. Then follow the: Ten > King > Ober > Unter > Nine > Eight > Seven > Six. This ranking is also valid within the trump suit as well as the plain suits. Hearts are permanent trumps."
"shows the ""Kleiner Mann"" (based on Hanswurst) while trump 2 has mythological hybrids. Trumps 3 to 21 depict real animals. The highest trump lacks the pink panels that the other trumps have on both ends of the cards depicting its rank in Arabic numerals. Instead, it shows a gleeman and is called the Stieß or G'stieß (Fool). Despite the name, eagles do not appear in any of the cards. All other cards (face and pip cards) are of the plain suits: clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds. In addition to the King, Queen, and Jack there is also the Knight. Face"
"removed, or the 4 of spades and 4 of diamonds are removed, in which case the 4 that matches the trump colour is also considered trump, so that there are always 13 trump cards (14 when using two jokers). Cards are dealt to each of the four players and three (four with two jokers) are dealt face down on the table to form the ""kitty"" (also known as the ""widow"", the ""blind"" or the "" hole card""). Alternatively, a 45-card deck can be used (46 with two jokers), in which case the 4s are not removed. Each player still receives"
"a trump, i.e. the suit he flips becomes the trump suit and beats the cards of the other three suits. So there are 21 cards in play and twelve remain hidden on the table. The dealer is obliged to show all other players the top and bottom (""Luck und Boden"") cards once. After that, no-one may look at these cards. Three cards of the trump suit, the 7, the Unter and the Ober, now have the rank of a Perlagg and are therefore called Trump Perlaggs. These three Trump Perlaggs have the same attributes as the four permanent Perlaggs, except"
"used for scoring. It may also be played for small stakes. Ramsen is played with a 32-card, Bavarian pattern, German-suited pack with the suits of Acorns (), Leaves or Grass (), Hearts () and Bells (). The ranking order of the cards within the plain suits is: Sow > King > Ober > Unter > 10 > 9 > 8 > 7. An unusual feature of Ramsen is the presence of four permanent trump cards that rank just below the Trump Sow: Thus the ranking order of the trump suit (T = trump, A = Sow, etc.) is: TA >"
"Ramsen (card game) Ramsen or Ramsch is a traditional Bavarian plain-trick, card game for three to five players that is played with a 32-card German-suited pack and is suitable both for adults and for children. It is one of the Rams group of card games that are distinguished by allowing players to drop out if they think they will fail to win the required number of tricks. An unusual feature of Ramsen is the presence of four permanent trump cards that rank just below the Trump Sow (often erroneously called the Trump Ace). It should not be confused with the"
"The Magician (Tarot card) The Magician, The Magus, or The Juggler (I) is the first trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. In divination it is considered by some to succeed The Fool card, often numbered 0 (zero). In French ""Le Bateleur"", ""the mountebank"" or the ""sleight of hand artist"", is a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him ""Il Bagatto"" or ""Il Bagatello"". The Mantegna Tarocchi image that would seem to correspond with the Magician is labeled ""Artixano"", the Artisan; he is the"
"the order (highest to lowest) Acorns (""Eichel""), Leaves (""Gras"" (also: ""Blatt, Grün, Blau, Laub""), Hearts (""Herz"") and Bells (""Schellen""). Next are the four ""Unters"" in the same suit order; then follow the remaining Hearts cards - in the order Sow, Ten, King, Nine, Eight, Seven - as lower trumps, making a total of 14 trump cards. All other cards are simply suit cards. Two players play against the other two. The bidder announces a ""Rufspiel""; if no other players bid a higher-value Solo contract, the declarer chooses his playing partner by ""calling"" any of the three suit Sows (i.e. the"
"half-interest in his holdings. The company produced a series of cards known as the ""Play Ball"" sets each year from 1939 to 1941. Production halted after the United States entered the war, and the company did not return to making baseball, football, and other sports-related trading cards until 1948, then under the Bowman name. In 1948, they were competing against Leaf Candy Company, which left the marketplace in 1950, the year that Bowman sold $1 million in baseball cards. For a few years, Bowman was the leading producer of baseball cards, but was overtaken by rival company Topps Chewing Gum."
"quantities late in the season or destroyed excess cards. As a result, cards with higher numbers from this period are rarer than low numbers in the same set, and collectors will pay significantly higher prices for them. The last series in 1952 started with card No. 311, which is Topps' first card of Mickey Mantle, and remains the most valuable Topps card ever (and the most valuable post-1948 card). The 1952 Topps Mantle is often mistakenly referred to as Mickey's rookie card, but that honor belongs to his 1951 Bowman card (which is worth about a third of the 1952"
"knife, a goblet, and coins. The Magician (Tarot card) The Magician, The Magus, or The Juggler (I) is the first trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. In divination it is considered by some to succeed The Fool card, often numbered 0 (zero). In French ""Le Bateleur"", ""the mountebank"" or the ""sleight of hand artist"", is a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him ""Il Bagatto"" or ""Il Bagatello"". The Mantegna Tarocchi image that would seem to correspond with the Magician is labeled ""Artixano"","
"released in 1991. The following covers the basic rules of gameplay. However, for more comprehensive rulesets, consult the links below. Each player sits across from their teammate so that play alternates between the two teams. The game is traditionally run ""counter""-clockwise, but is frequently played clockwise. The game is played with a deck of 56 cards, consisting of a 52-card deck of four suits (Jade, Sword, Pagoda, Star) plus four special cards (Mah Jong, Dog, Phoenix, Dragon). A standard 52-card deck with 4 jokers (marked to indicate the special cards) can also be used. Each player is dealt (or alternately"